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Meanings of designate in English

Catalan
assignar
Spanish
asignar

To give something to (a person), or assign a task to (a person).

        assignar
        Spanish
        destinar

        Decree or designate beforehand.

              destinar
              Portuguese
              destinar
              Catalan
              destinar
              Spanish
              destinar

              Design or destine.

                    destinar
                    Portuguese
                    mostrar
                    Catalan
                    assenyalar
                    Spanish
                    demostrar

                    Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.

                          mostrar
                          Usage of designate in English
                          1
                          Each abelan is different and is used to designate a particular individual.
                          The Shelters of Stone
                          2
                          We start this week with good wishes for First Minister-designate Peter Robinson.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          It is not known whether she attended a principal designate assessment centre.
                          The Guardian
                          4
                          You can designate the organizations to receive the money at any point.
                          Reuters
                          5
                          Can a donor designate their body for research on a specific disease?
                          Reuters
                          6
                          We need to designate a spokesperson, and put together a media plan.
                          The cold light of mourning
                          7
                          The IPCC is now calling on Duchas to designate the new sites.
                          The Irish Times
                          8
                          This name is used in Mindanao and Joló to designate certain chiefs.
                          History of the Philippine Islands
                          9
                          The newspaper's supervisory board will designate the winner on Monday June 28.
                          Reuters
                          10
                          The histologically descriptive term hobnail hemangioma is proposed to designate these lesions.
                          Pubmed
                          11
                          Now tell me where I am to find the brick you designate.
                          The Mayor's Wife
                          12
                          The three names grew afterwards to designate three different orders of ascetics.
                          The Hermits
                          13
                          The consul-designate was a little disarmed by this straightforward mode of procedure.
                          A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
                          14
                          He will be succeeded by the chief executive designate, Mr Ned Sullivan.
                          The Irish Times
                          15
                          He is understood to be the skipper designate for the Galway campaign.
                          The Irish Times
                          16
                          This allows users to designate variables and the relationships between these variables.
                          Wired
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                          Translations for designate
                          Designate through the time
                          Designate across language varieties
                          Ireland
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Less common
                          United Kingdom
                          Less common